Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmspack0 package, versions <0.6-3.11.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.76% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBMSPACK0-2667506
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Aug 2021

Introduced: 20 Aug 2021

CVE-2018-14681  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libmspack0 to version 0.6-3.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack0 package and not the libmspack0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite.